Dumbbell side raises? A classic. But here’s something most people miss: This exercise load the delts most in the shortened position — where your lateral delts are actually the weakest. Your delts are strongest in the lengthened to mid-range, but dumbbells don’t challenge that range effectively. That’s where cable side raises shine. They load the muscle more in the range where it’s strongest — giving you better mechanical tension for hypertrophy. Which one should you do? Both are useful — if you